World Cup: highest scorers
The top 12 highest scorers in World Cup history. Players who have scored 10 or more goals in World Cup competitions. Up to the end of the 2010 tournament only 12 players had managed to score 10 or more goals at World Cup finals . Here is our review of the highest scoring World Cup footballers . Ronaldo: 15 goals Brazil's Ronaldo is the top scorer in World Cup finals history having scored 15 goals. His best tournament was in Korea/Japan in 2002, where he scored 8 goals as Brazil eventually claimed the trophy. The striker scored four times at World Cup 1998 in France and a further three times in Germany at the 2006 tournament. Gerd Muller: 14 goals Gerd Müller made his World Cup finals debut for West Germany in 1970 and celebrated the occasion with 10 goals. He also scored four times at World Cup 1974 in West Germany including the goal in the final against the Netherlands that secured his country’s tournament victory. Miroslav Klose: 14